The overall health of streams, including their surrounding urban or agricultural areas, is inextr... more The overall health of streams, including their surrounding urban or agricultural areas, is inextricably linked to general ecological balance and public health (physical and mental well-being). This study aims to contribute to the monitoring of rural or suburban areas adjacent to streams. Specifically, low-cost and rapid ground and Earth observation techniques were used to (a) obtain a rapid assessment of stream soil and water patterns, (b) create a database of selected parameters for the study area that can be used for future comparisons, and (c) identify soil variability in agricultural fields adjacent to streams and determine soil zones that will enable the rational use of inputs (water, fertilisers, and pesticides). Robust techniques from related fields of topography, geology, geophysics, and remote sensing were combined using GIS for two selected areas (I and II) in Heraklion, central Crete (Greece) in the eastern Mediterranean. Our results indicate that area I (east of Heraklio...
The magnetic behavior of the geologic formations around the Giouchtas or Juchtas Mountain (Mt.) i... more The magnetic behavior of the geologic formations around the Giouchtas or Juchtas Mountain (Mt.) in Central Crete, Greece, has been studied. The magnetic parameters (magnetic susceptibility [MS] and temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility) of 160 surface soil samples were interpreted based on available information (e.g., topographic, geologic, and historical) for the area of study. The soil samples have been collected from the low- and high-elevation regions of Giouchtas Mt. The low-elevation region, surrounding a north–south asymmetric ridge (strongly affected by the tectonic activity), is mainly covered by Miocene and recent sediments, whereas the high-elevation region is dominated by limestones. Differences in the spatial distribution of the MS and the thermomagnetic behavior of the soil samples indicated the strong influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on the geologic formations.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
The Giouchtas Mountain is situated south of Heraklion, Central Crete. It is a N-S trending morpho... more The Giouchtas Mountain is situated south of Heraklion, Central Crete. It is a N-S trending morphological asymmetric ridge with a steep western slope, whilst its eastern slope is characterized by a smoother relief, composed of Mesozoic limestone and Eocene-lower Oligocene flysch of the Gavrovo-Tripolis zone. The present study focusses on the structural pattern and development of Giouchtas Mountain. Morphotectonic analyses in combination with field mapping and tectonic analysis were performed for this purpose. GIS techniques were used for mapping the spatial distribution of the geological features on the topographic relief of the area. Geomorphic indices, used in the present study, are the mountain front sinuosity index (Smf) and the valley floor/width ratio index (Vf). Based on Smf and Vf values, it is implied that this area can be assigned to a tectonic class I, corresponding to higher tectonic activity. However, spatial variations of the tectonic activity along the segmented fronts point to a general trend of increasing activity towards the north and especially, northeast. The model of this possibly active structural feature corresponds to a compressional mechanism followed by an earliest Mid. Miocene to Holocene late-stage deformation related to extensional faulting.
Wetlands are of great importance for providing the appropriate conditions for the diversity of sp... more Wetlands are of great importance for providing the appropriate conditions for the diversity of species and inhabitants living in these ecosystems and for a wide range of public goods and services (fresh water, air filtering, recreational and tourism opportunities). However, despite their importance, wetlands are continuously degraded due to various human activities at an alarming rate worldwide. In the context of this study and considering the rational management of wetlands and the inevitable impact of climate change, a wetland, spatiotemporal monitoring system is proposed, implemented in the karst wetland of Almyros Stream (Heraklion, Crete, Greece). The implementation of this system is based on robust techniques from the allied fields of chemistry, earth and ecology assisted by GIS techniques. Our results indicate that this Mediterranean karst wetland of great ecological importance is under pressure because of pollution, climate change and land change. This argument is supported ...
8th Congress of the Balkan Geophysical Society, 2015
The objective of the present work is to determine and partly interpret the sea floor morphologica... more The objective of the present work is to determine and partly interpret the sea floor morphological features in the Levant basin based on bathymetric analyses and taking into account previous geological and geophysical studies. Bathymetry processing has been achieved by applying a new algorithm for the automatic enhancement and the identification of the linear patterns. According to this method, the Slope and Aspect images, as well as their derivatives are initially computed. Then, a rotation and scale-invariant filter produces an image of the automatic detected geomorphologic features in the study area. The Levant basin comprises a geodynamically active area, where strong tectonic deformation takes part, resulting to the presence of extensional and contractional structures, strike slip motions, submarine landslides and density flows of sediments. All the previous phenomena are identified with sufficient accuracy in position and shape based on the bathymetric analyses of this work.
This paper studies the problem of unsupervised detection of geometrically similar fragments (segm... more This paper studies the problem of unsupervised detection of geometrically similar fragments (segments) in curves, in the context of boundary matching. The goal is to determine all pairs of sub-curves that are geometrically similar, under local scale invariance. In particular, we aim to locate the existence of a similar section (independent of length and/or orientation) in the second curve, to a section of the first curve, as indicated by the user. The proposed approach is based on a suitable distance matrix of the two given curves. Additionally, a suitable objective function is proposed to capture the trade-off between the similarity of the common sub-sequences and their lengths. The goal of the algorithm is to minimize this objective function via an efficient graph-based approach that capitalizes on Dynamic Time Warping to compare the two subcurves. We apply the proposed technique in the context of geometric matching of coastline pairs. This application is crucial for investigating...
A combination of well data, seismic information on thrusting and tectonic shortening, plus analys... more A combination of well data, seismic information on thrusting and tectonic shortening, plus analyses of the nature and depth of the Mesozoic units related to main detachment horizons (Triassic evaporites, flysch), are used to review, and further update the complex structural styles of the External Hellenides and Albanides Orogenic Belts, SE Europe. In the study area, the late Alpine orogenic evolution resulted in a structural architecture characterised by the successive westward thrusting of tectonic nappes (Gavrovo/Kruja, Ionian), with an imbricate tectonic style prevailing in all external zones. In the internal and central Ionian zone, imbricate thrusts and duplex structures are recorded, especially where about 24 km of stacked Mesozoic–Tertiary successions have been formed in Albania. Triassic evaporites, up to 3.5 km thick, acted as a detachment horizon for the internal deformation of the Ionian and Pre-Apulia zones (1.7–1.8 km thick in Greece), whereas the flysch unit of Upper Eocene–Oligocene (External Hellenides) and Oligocene–Aquitanian (Albanides) contributed to the deformation of the Ionian zone. In the Ionian zone, Triassic evaporites are laterally continuous and act as an effective seal unit when thrusted above Mesozoic carbonate/Tertiary units. Most of the oil and gas fields, oil shows and surface seeps have been developed in association with the relative more complex structure styles in the internal and the central Ionian zone of Albania and Greece. The Triassic evaporite detachment is detected at depths of 8–22 km in Albania, and about 5 km to 12–13 km in Greece. Thin and probably combination of thin- and thick-skinned deformation (SW Greece) of the Meso-Cenozoic succession above the Triassic evaporite and Permian sequences better depicts the complex structural architecture of the External Hellenides and Albanides, later affected by strike-slip tectonics and extensional deformation active since the Early Pliocene times. The main source rock levels, Lower Cretaceous shale/carbonate, Toarcian Posidonia and Triassic shales, are common in the Albanides and the Hellenides forelands. The thickness and Total Organic Carbon of these levels significantly increase in Albania, whereas trapping mechanism is almost the same and the Triassic evaporites play a significant role in both forelands. The hydrocarbon migration primarily followed developed thrust faults and important halokinesis, to charge fractured Cretaceous–Eocene carbonate reservoirs in the overthrust unit (Ionian zone), likely beneath the thrusted anticlinal belts. These sub-thrust structural models are related to the evaporites. Sub-thrust plays, referred to the autochthonous units (Apulia, Pre-Apulia/Paxos, Sazani zones), may also present reservoir potential in Albania and Western Greece. Upper Miocene and Pliocene deposits (sands) record reservoir potential in stratigraphic traps and good caprock characteristics in the Peri-Adriatic depression (Albania), whereas Messinian evaporites and clays may document seal potential for Upper Miocene sands in the southern areas of the Ionian Sea (Kyparissiakos Gulf, SW Kythira).
Abstract The advent and development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) some decades ago enabl... more Abstract The advent and development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) some decades ago enabled the acquisition of high spatial resolution data in all disciplines of geosciences. Scope of this work is to demonstrate the application of recent developed pattern recognition methods in marine digital terrain model and to emphasize the use of high-resolution GPS/Global Navigation Satellite System, since accurate marine data acquisition is closely related to the efficiency of the pattern recognition techniques. Specifically, this work reviews and demonstrates recent developed techniques of pattern recognition to extract linear and curvilinear patterns using marine digital terrain model. These linear and curvilinear patterns correspond to lineaments and a significant part of them to geological faults. Furthermore, the automatic extraction of seafloor features enables the accurate detection and further reliable interpretation of the seafloor morphologic structures prior and after bathymetric data acquisition. This approach highly contributes toward a rapid, objective, and low-cost acquisition of bathymetric data by focusing on selected targets for detailed study.
International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2019
The present study deals with the fluorescent constituents of Almiros (or Almyros) River in Herakl... more The present study deals with the fluorescent constituents of Almiros (or Almyros) River in Heraklion, Greece. Water samples have been pre-concentrated by the solid phase extraction (SPE) method and subjected to reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) coupled with a fluorescence detector. Seasonal variations of organic matter were mainly observed while spatial variations were observed in a less extent. The samples from upstream points correspond to more fluorescence peaks and of higher intensity compared to the rest of the samples. Generally, the fluorescence intensity decreases towards downstream. Fluorescent intensities of peaks present an inversely proportional relation to the salinity. In concluding, fluorescence compounds may comprise a well indicator of the salinity fluctuations in well-developed karstification systems below sea level and open to the sea that present high mean flow rates with strong seasonal variability.
ABSTRACT A multidisciplinary approach is used to in-vestigate the structure of the southern Creta... more ABSTRACT A multidisciplinary approach is used to in-vestigate the structure of the southern Cretan margin, which is located in one of the most seismically active forearc regions in Europe. Bathymetric, seismic-refl ection, and fault plane solution data were used to identify the main tectonic features on the margin, cor-relating their evolution with the main sedi-mentary sequences recognized on Crete. In contrast to the majority of forearc settings in the Pacifi c and Indian Oceans, southern Crete is a region of predominantly oblique movement above well-defi ned detachment zones. North-dipping thrust faults identifi ed on seismic-refl ection profi les reveal signifi -cant crustal shortening during the Miocene due to the westward propagation of the Hel-lenic fold-and-thrust system. In addition, east-dipping thrust faults rooted on top of pre-Neogene strata were also identifi ed, but only a few of these thrusts affect Neogene to Holocene strata. Small-scale domes derived from evaporitic (Messinian) intrusions de-form Pliocene–Quaternary strata. West-and east-dipping normal faults were also recog-nized within the Mesozoic and Cenozoic suc-cessions, and these are related to regional ex-tension during forearc convergence. In such a setting, the fault-bounded continental slope of Crete effectively separates a region of uplift (Crete) from subsiding troughs to the south. Our work shows that structural seg-mentation at depth is complex, with multiple crustal levels recording contrasting styles of deformation and distinct moment-tensor solutions. This complexity derives from the oblique style of convergence recorded south of Crete, which reactivates distinct crustal levels depending on their rheology and rela-tive degree of metamorphism inherited dur-ing Alpine compression. As a result, a strong correlation between seafl oor morphology and transtensional movements is recorded in the upper 10–15 km of the crust, while transpres-sion prevailed after the Serra vallian below these depths.
On January 08, 2006 at 11:34:53 (UTC) a strong earthquake of magnitude M=6.9 shook Greece and mos... more On January 08, 2006 at 11:34:53 (UTC) a strong earthquake of magnitude M=6.9 shook Greece and most of the eastern Mediterranean causing only minor damages and no casualties. The earthquake's epicenter was located at 36, 21°N - 23, 34°E at a depth of about 70 Km near ...
The overall health of streams, including their surrounding urban or agricultural areas, is inextr... more The overall health of streams, including their surrounding urban or agricultural areas, is inextricably linked to general ecological balance and public health (physical and mental well-being). This study aims to contribute to the monitoring of rural or suburban areas adjacent to streams. Specifically, low-cost and rapid ground and Earth observation techniques were used to (a) obtain a rapid assessment of stream soil and water patterns, (b) create a database of selected parameters for the study area that can be used for future comparisons, and (c) identify soil variability in agricultural fields adjacent to streams and determine soil zones that will enable the rational use of inputs (water, fertilisers, and pesticides). Robust techniques from related fields of topography, geology, geophysics, and remote sensing were combined using GIS for two selected areas (I and II) in Heraklion, central Crete (Greece) in the eastern Mediterranean. Our results indicate that area I (east of Heraklio...
The magnetic behavior of the geologic formations around the Giouchtas or Juchtas Mountain (Mt.) i... more The magnetic behavior of the geologic formations around the Giouchtas or Juchtas Mountain (Mt.) in Central Crete, Greece, has been studied. The magnetic parameters (magnetic susceptibility [MS] and temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility) of 160 surface soil samples were interpreted based on available information (e.g., topographic, geologic, and historical) for the area of study. The soil samples have been collected from the low- and high-elevation regions of Giouchtas Mt. The low-elevation region, surrounding a north–south asymmetric ridge (strongly affected by the tectonic activity), is mainly covered by Miocene and recent sediments, whereas the high-elevation region is dominated by limestones. Differences in the spatial distribution of the MS and the thermomagnetic behavior of the soil samples indicated the strong influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on the geologic formations.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
The Giouchtas Mountain is situated south of Heraklion, Central Crete. It is a N-S trending morpho... more The Giouchtas Mountain is situated south of Heraklion, Central Crete. It is a N-S trending morphological asymmetric ridge with a steep western slope, whilst its eastern slope is characterized by a smoother relief, composed of Mesozoic limestone and Eocene-lower Oligocene flysch of the Gavrovo-Tripolis zone. The present study focusses on the structural pattern and development of Giouchtas Mountain. Morphotectonic analyses in combination with field mapping and tectonic analysis were performed for this purpose. GIS techniques were used for mapping the spatial distribution of the geological features on the topographic relief of the area. Geomorphic indices, used in the present study, are the mountain front sinuosity index (Smf) and the valley floor/width ratio index (Vf). Based on Smf and Vf values, it is implied that this area can be assigned to a tectonic class I, corresponding to higher tectonic activity. However, spatial variations of the tectonic activity along the segmented fronts point to a general trend of increasing activity towards the north and especially, northeast. The model of this possibly active structural feature corresponds to a compressional mechanism followed by an earliest Mid. Miocene to Holocene late-stage deformation related to extensional faulting.
Wetlands are of great importance for providing the appropriate conditions for the diversity of sp... more Wetlands are of great importance for providing the appropriate conditions for the diversity of species and inhabitants living in these ecosystems and for a wide range of public goods and services (fresh water, air filtering, recreational and tourism opportunities). However, despite their importance, wetlands are continuously degraded due to various human activities at an alarming rate worldwide. In the context of this study and considering the rational management of wetlands and the inevitable impact of climate change, a wetland, spatiotemporal monitoring system is proposed, implemented in the karst wetland of Almyros Stream (Heraklion, Crete, Greece). The implementation of this system is based on robust techniques from the allied fields of chemistry, earth and ecology assisted by GIS techniques. Our results indicate that this Mediterranean karst wetland of great ecological importance is under pressure because of pollution, climate change and land change. This argument is supported ...
8th Congress of the Balkan Geophysical Society, 2015
The objective of the present work is to determine and partly interpret the sea floor morphologica... more The objective of the present work is to determine and partly interpret the sea floor morphological features in the Levant basin based on bathymetric analyses and taking into account previous geological and geophysical studies. Bathymetry processing has been achieved by applying a new algorithm for the automatic enhancement and the identification of the linear patterns. According to this method, the Slope and Aspect images, as well as their derivatives are initially computed. Then, a rotation and scale-invariant filter produces an image of the automatic detected geomorphologic features in the study area. The Levant basin comprises a geodynamically active area, where strong tectonic deformation takes part, resulting to the presence of extensional and contractional structures, strike slip motions, submarine landslides and density flows of sediments. All the previous phenomena are identified with sufficient accuracy in position and shape based on the bathymetric analyses of this work.
This paper studies the problem of unsupervised detection of geometrically similar fragments (segm... more This paper studies the problem of unsupervised detection of geometrically similar fragments (segments) in curves, in the context of boundary matching. The goal is to determine all pairs of sub-curves that are geometrically similar, under local scale invariance. In particular, we aim to locate the existence of a similar section (independent of length and/or orientation) in the second curve, to a section of the first curve, as indicated by the user. The proposed approach is based on a suitable distance matrix of the two given curves. Additionally, a suitable objective function is proposed to capture the trade-off between the similarity of the common sub-sequences and their lengths. The goal of the algorithm is to minimize this objective function via an efficient graph-based approach that capitalizes on Dynamic Time Warping to compare the two subcurves. We apply the proposed technique in the context of geometric matching of coastline pairs. This application is crucial for investigating...
A combination of well data, seismic information on thrusting and tectonic shortening, plus analys... more A combination of well data, seismic information on thrusting and tectonic shortening, plus analyses of the nature and depth of the Mesozoic units related to main detachment horizons (Triassic evaporites, flysch), are used to review, and further update the complex structural styles of the External Hellenides and Albanides Orogenic Belts, SE Europe. In the study area, the late Alpine orogenic evolution resulted in a structural architecture characterised by the successive westward thrusting of tectonic nappes (Gavrovo/Kruja, Ionian), with an imbricate tectonic style prevailing in all external zones. In the internal and central Ionian zone, imbricate thrusts and duplex structures are recorded, especially where about 24 km of stacked Mesozoic–Tertiary successions have been formed in Albania. Triassic evaporites, up to 3.5 km thick, acted as a detachment horizon for the internal deformation of the Ionian and Pre-Apulia zones (1.7–1.8 km thick in Greece), whereas the flysch unit of Upper Eocene–Oligocene (External Hellenides) and Oligocene–Aquitanian (Albanides) contributed to the deformation of the Ionian zone. In the Ionian zone, Triassic evaporites are laterally continuous and act as an effective seal unit when thrusted above Mesozoic carbonate/Tertiary units. Most of the oil and gas fields, oil shows and surface seeps have been developed in association with the relative more complex structure styles in the internal and the central Ionian zone of Albania and Greece. The Triassic evaporite detachment is detected at depths of 8–22 km in Albania, and about 5 km to 12–13 km in Greece. Thin and probably combination of thin- and thick-skinned deformation (SW Greece) of the Meso-Cenozoic succession above the Triassic evaporite and Permian sequences better depicts the complex structural architecture of the External Hellenides and Albanides, later affected by strike-slip tectonics and extensional deformation active since the Early Pliocene times. The main source rock levels, Lower Cretaceous shale/carbonate, Toarcian Posidonia and Triassic shales, are common in the Albanides and the Hellenides forelands. The thickness and Total Organic Carbon of these levels significantly increase in Albania, whereas trapping mechanism is almost the same and the Triassic evaporites play a significant role in both forelands. The hydrocarbon migration primarily followed developed thrust faults and important halokinesis, to charge fractured Cretaceous–Eocene carbonate reservoirs in the overthrust unit (Ionian zone), likely beneath the thrusted anticlinal belts. These sub-thrust structural models are related to the evaporites. Sub-thrust plays, referred to the autochthonous units (Apulia, Pre-Apulia/Paxos, Sazani zones), may also present reservoir potential in Albania and Western Greece. Upper Miocene and Pliocene deposits (sands) record reservoir potential in stratigraphic traps and good caprock characteristics in the Peri-Adriatic depression (Albania), whereas Messinian evaporites and clays may document seal potential for Upper Miocene sands in the southern areas of the Ionian Sea (Kyparissiakos Gulf, SW Kythira).
Abstract The advent and development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) some decades ago enabl... more Abstract The advent and development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) some decades ago enabled the acquisition of high spatial resolution data in all disciplines of geosciences. Scope of this work is to demonstrate the application of recent developed pattern recognition methods in marine digital terrain model and to emphasize the use of high-resolution GPS/Global Navigation Satellite System, since accurate marine data acquisition is closely related to the efficiency of the pattern recognition techniques. Specifically, this work reviews and demonstrates recent developed techniques of pattern recognition to extract linear and curvilinear patterns using marine digital terrain model. These linear and curvilinear patterns correspond to lineaments and a significant part of them to geological faults. Furthermore, the automatic extraction of seafloor features enables the accurate detection and further reliable interpretation of the seafloor morphologic structures prior and after bathymetric data acquisition. This approach highly contributes toward a rapid, objective, and low-cost acquisition of bathymetric data by focusing on selected targets for detailed study.
International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2019
The present study deals with the fluorescent constituents of Almiros (or Almyros) River in Herakl... more The present study deals with the fluorescent constituents of Almiros (or Almyros) River in Heraklion, Greece. Water samples have been pre-concentrated by the solid phase extraction (SPE) method and subjected to reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) coupled with a fluorescence detector. Seasonal variations of organic matter were mainly observed while spatial variations were observed in a less extent. The samples from upstream points correspond to more fluorescence peaks and of higher intensity compared to the rest of the samples. Generally, the fluorescence intensity decreases towards downstream. Fluorescent intensities of peaks present an inversely proportional relation to the salinity. In concluding, fluorescence compounds may comprise a well indicator of the salinity fluctuations in well-developed karstification systems below sea level and open to the sea that present high mean flow rates with strong seasonal variability.
ABSTRACT A multidisciplinary approach is used to in-vestigate the structure of the southern Creta... more ABSTRACT A multidisciplinary approach is used to in-vestigate the structure of the southern Cretan margin, which is located in one of the most seismically active forearc regions in Europe. Bathymetric, seismic-refl ection, and fault plane solution data were used to identify the main tectonic features on the margin, cor-relating their evolution with the main sedi-mentary sequences recognized on Crete. In contrast to the majority of forearc settings in the Pacifi c and Indian Oceans, southern Crete is a region of predominantly oblique movement above well-defi ned detachment zones. North-dipping thrust faults identifi ed on seismic-refl ection profi les reveal signifi -cant crustal shortening during the Miocene due to the westward propagation of the Hel-lenic fold-and-thrust system. In addition, east-dipping thrust faults rooted on top of pre-Neogene strata were also identifi ed, but only a few of these thrusts affect Neogene to Holocene strata. Small-scale domes derived from evaporitic (Messinian) intrusions de-form Pliocene–Quaternary strata. West-and east-dipping normal faults were also recog-nized within the Mesozoic and Cenozoic suc-cessions, and these are related to regional ex-tension during forearc convergence. In such a setting, the fault-bounded continental slope of Crete effectively separates a region of uplift (Crete) from subsiding troughs to the south. Our work shows that structural seg-mentation at depth is complex, with multiple crustal levels recording contrasting styles of deformation and distinct moment-tensor solutions. This complexity derives from the oblique style of convergence recorded south of Crete, which reactivates distinct crustal levels depending on their rheology and rela-tive degree of metamorphism inherited dur-ing Alpine compression. As a result, a strong correlation between seafl oor morphology and transtensional movements is recorded in the upper 10–15 km of the crust, while transpres-sion prevailed after the Serra vallian below these depths.
On January 08, 2006 at 11:34:53 (UTC) a strong earthquake of magnitude M=6.9 shook Greece and mos... more On January 08, 2006 at 11:34:53 (UTC) a strong earthquake of magnitude M=6.9 shook Greece and most of the eastern Mediterranean causing only minor damages and no casualties. The earthquake's epicenter was located at 36, 21°N - 23, 34°E at a depth of about 70 Km near ...
This book traces the socioeconomic and political development of the Galatas area and its relation... more This book traces the socioeconomic and political development of the Galatas area and its relations with other areas of Crete during the Neolithic–Ottoman periods. Two powerful rival centers in Crete, Knossos/Herakleion and Kastelli/Lyttos, brought the Galatas area under their control at various times in history. The changes in local socioeconomic and political conditions are documented as Galatas came under the direct control of states elsewhere in Crete and overseas. For short introductions to the chapters see: http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1wrpwkj
This book traces the socioeconomic and political development of the Galatas area and its relation... more This book traces the socioeconomic and political development of the Galatas area and its relations with other areas of Crete during the Neolithic–Ottoman periods. Two powerful rival centers in Crete, Knossos/Herakleion and Kastelli/Lyttos, brought the Galatas area under their control at various times in history. The changes in local socioeconomic and political conditions are documented as Galatas came under the direct control of states elsewhere in Crete and overseas.
Contents: PART I. The Galatas Project and Its Natural Environment. 1. Field Survey, by L. Vance Watrous; 2. Survey Area, by L. Vance Watrous; 3. Geological Implications of the Broader Galatas Region, by Eleni Kokinou, Pantelis Soupios, and Apostolos Sarris; 4. Pre-Industrial Life in the Galatas Area, by Sabine Beckmann. PART II. Prehistoric Settlement and Society; 5. First Settlers, by D. Matthew Buell; 6. Prepalatial Growth in Social Complexity, by D. Matthew Buell; 7. Emergence of a Stratified Society, by L. Vance Watrous; 8. The Excavation of the Minoan Palace and Town of Galatas, by Georgos Rethemiotakis; 9. Building a Minoan State at Neopalatial Galatas, by D. Matthew Buell; 10. Collapse and Retraction, by D. Matthew Buell and Lee Ann Turner. PART III. Historical Settlement and Society. 11. Population Reduction and a Polis, by Lee Ann Turner; 12. Population Retraction during the Hellenistic Period, by Scott Gallimore; 13. Abandonment and Assimilation in the Roman Period, by Scott Gallimore; 14. An Imperial Territory, by Mark D. Hammond. PART IV. Conclusion. 15. Final Perspectives, by L. Vance Watrous; PART V. Appendices. Appendix A. Register of Sites, by Kapua Iao; Appendix B. Prehistoric Pottery, by L. Vance Watrous and Amy Heimroth; Appendix C. Ground and Chipped Stone Artifacts, by D. Matthew Buell; Appendix D. A Neolithic Pendant, by Sabine Beckmann; Appendix E. A Neopalatial Sealing, by Sabine Beckmann; Appendix F. Protogeometric to Hellenistic Pottery, by Brice Erickson; Appendix G. Early to Late Roman Pottery, by Scott Gallimore; Appendix H. Byzantine to Ottoman Pottery, by Mark D. Hammond; Appendix I. A New History of Pottery Production in Thrapsano, by Mark D. Hammond; References; Index; Tables; Figures; and Plates.
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Contents: PART I. The Galatas Project and Its Natural Environment. 1. Field Survey, by L. Vance Watrous; 2. Survey Area, by L. Vance Watrous; 3. Geological Implications of the Broader Galatas Region, by Eleni Kokinou, Pantelis Soupios, and Apostolos Sarris; 4. Pre-Industrial Life in the Galatas Area, by Sabine Beckmann. PART II. Prehistoric Settlement and Society; 5. First Settlers, by D. Matthew Buell; 6. Prepalatial Growth in Social Complexity, by D. Matthew Buell; 7. Emergence of a Stratified Society, by L. Vance Watrous; 8. The Excavation of the Minoan Palace and Town of Galatas, by Georgos Rethemiotakis; 9. Building a Minoan State at Neopalatial Galatas, by D. Matthew Buell; 10. Collapse and Retraction, by D. Matthew Buell and Lee Ann Turner. PART III. Historical Settlement and Society. 11. Population Reduction and a Polis, by Lee Ann Turner; 12. Population Retraction during the Hellenistic Period, by Scott Gallimore; 13. Abandonment and Assimilation in the Roman Period, by Scott Gallimore; 14. An Imperial Territory, by Mark D. Hammond. PART IV. Conclusion. 15. Final Perspectives, by L. Vance Watrous; PART V. Appendices. Appendix A. Register of Sites, by Kapua Iao; Appendix B. Prehistoric Pottery, by L. Vance Watrous and Amy Heimroth; Appendix C. Ground and Chipped Stone Artifacts, by D. Matthew Buell; Appendix D. A Neolithic Pendant, by Sabine Beckmann; Appendix E. A Neopalatial Sealing, by Sabine Beckmann; Appendix F. Protogeometric to Hellenistic Pottery, by Brice Erickson; Appendix G. Early to Late Roman Pottery, by Scott Gallimore; Appendix H. Byzantine to Ottoman Pottery, by Mark D. Hammond; Appendix I. A New History of Pottery Production in Thrapsano, by Mark D. Hammond; References; Index; Tables; Figures; and Plates.
Hardback: 464 pp., 20 tables, 37 B/W figs, 69 B/W pls.
(Prehistory Monographs 55, INSTAP Academic Press, 2017)
ISBN 978-1-931534-89-5